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22/03/15

Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat in Songlines Magazine

Songlines Magazine talks to sisters Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat about living in Iran and coping with the country's music censorship. Read the full interview here: The Sound of Silence. "Mahsa Vahdat has masterfully proven how it's possible for Persian music to continue evolving" - Songlines on "Traces of an Old Vineyard". Read the review here.

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22/03/15

KKV with distribution in Egypt

KKV with distribution in Egypt. Rim Banna's latest album "Revelation of Ecstasy and Rebellion" is now available at record-shops in Egypt. More KKV-titles are on their way.  

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09/03/15

Traces of an Old Vineyard - album of the month at World on 3 (BBC 3 radio).

Listen to Jo Frost, editor in Songlines Magazine, tell about her choice of «Traces of an Old Vineyard» by Mahsa Vahdat as album of the month at BBC radio. Tune in at 50 min into the programme: World on 3 Read more about the album here: Traces of an Old Vineyard 

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05/03/15

Redzone 2015

From a concert during Redzone – Free the Arts-festival in Kulturkirken Jakob, Oslo. With Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, Ashugh Leyli, Gazin Abla, Dengbej Kazo, Murat Içlinalça, Shervin Mohajer, Gjermund Silset and Rune Arnesen. Song: Destmala mn, Ai ailukh, "My handkerchief".

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03/03/15

Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, London Evening Standard

London Evening Standard: "...voices of raw silk that blend as only siblings can" - Review of Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat's concert in London last month.

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23/02/15

Førde International Festival: Mahsa og Marjan Vahdat

Listen to the Iranian singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat from the Førde International Festival 2014: NRK Radio - Verdensscenen Ney: Pasha Hanjani, setar: Atabak Elyasi, percussion: Ali Rahimi, Hardanger fiddle: Nils Økland, double bass: Gjermund Silset, harmonium: Sigbjørn Apeland. Recorded for NRK by Tellef Kvifte. Mahsa Vahdat & Marjan Vahdat discography on KKV: Vahdat, Mahsa - Traces of an Old Vineyard [FXCD409, 2015] Vahdat, Mahsa & McClain, Mighty Sam - A deeper tone of longing [FXCD381,2012] Vahdat, Mahsa & McClain, Mighty Sam - Scent of Reunion [FXCD351,2009] Vahdat, Mahsa & Skruk - I Vinens Speil [FXCD360,2010] Vahdat, Mahsa & Vahdat, Marjan - Songs from a Persian Garden [FXCD320,2007] Vahdat, Mahsa & Vahdat, Marjan - Twinklings of hope [FXCD376,2012] Vahdat, Mahsa & Vahdat, Marjan, & Elyasi Atabak - I am Eve [FXCD335,2008] Vahdat, Marjan - Blue Fields [FXCD388,2013]

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20/01/15

Mahsa Vahdat: album launch i Teheran

Last week Mahsa Vahdat launched her new album "Traces of an Old Vineyard" in Tehran. The arrangement was hosted by the Norwegian Ambassador. 150 people took part in the celebration. This week the album will be released in Europe, and on Saturday the release concert will take place inKulturkirken Jakob, Oslo, Norway. facebook.com/mahsa.marjan.vahdat

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08/11/14

Songs from a Stolen Spring on Arabology 8.1

This episode (aired Nov 6, 2014) highlights the CD 'Songs from a Stolen Spring' which fuses Arabic and Western musicians together--including an excerpt from a message from Tania Saleh about her participation in this project. Arabology is a blog and radio-station by Dr. Ramzi Salti, Lecturer at Stanford University and Radio Host of 'Arabology' on KZSU 90.1 FM, ft cultural productions from/about the Arab world. Read more about Songs from a Stolen Spring here. Listen to the radio-show here.

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01/09/14

Marjan Vahdat review at Songlines

The album "Blue Fields" by Marjan Vahdat reviewed by Songlines. Read the review in detail here. Read more about the album here.

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15/11/13

Rim Banna: Ibn Rushd Award

  The Ibn Rushd Fund for Freedom of Thought was founded on December 10th, 1998, in commemoration of the 800th anniversary of Ibn Rushd's (Averroes’) death, and on the 50th anniversary of the declaration of Universal Human Rights. It is an independent organization registered in Germany. Its founding members are mainly of Arab origin who live in Germany. Meanwhile, the fund’s members and sponsors are spread all over Europe, the Arab countries and North America. The sphere of activity, however, is the Arab world. The fund’s goal consists in fostering freedom of thought, democracy and the courage to stand up for one’s beliefs in the Arab world. The Ibn Rushd Fund wants Arab culture to strive for rationalism and tolerance. Supporting the ideas of freedom of thought and democracy is an important starting point to catch up with the process of world civilization. To this end, the fund collects money to honor people who have rendered outstanding services to these goals. In this way, endeavors for freedom and democracy in the Arab World will be supported. The fund also launches campaigns in favor of persons who because of their political or social activities and beliefs come into conflict with their governments. Rim Banna is especially acclaimed by the Ibn Rushd fund for her participation on the KKV-production ”Lullabies from the Axis of Evil”, and for the new CD ”Revelation of Ecstasy and Rebellion”, which she last winter created together with Bugge Wesseltoft (KKV 2013). Here she shows a direct line between traditional Arab Sufi poetry and modern, universal work for human rights and freedom. Rim Banna’s work is a political struggle in which music is her weapon. She is an important front figure in the whole Arab world. At the ceremony 15th of November when Rim received her award, Erik Hillestad gave the laudatory speech. Buy "Revelation of ecstasy and rebellion" here: Klicktrack  

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11/06/13

International music award to the album “Twinklings of Hope” (KKV 2012)

The album was recorded in Tehran in 2011, and released in 2012, supported by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The record is banned in Iran, and the two Vahdat sisters are prohibited from public performance in their homeland, where the regime that was brought to power by the Islamic revolution in 1979 does not allow female artists to perform solo in the presence of men. The Independent Music Awards (IMAs) is an international, US-based project which aims to give honor and publicity to quality music from artists who release their albums and songs on independent labels. On of the targets of the awards is to strengthen the variety within commercial music. The award has categories for best album, best video, design and best song within more than 30 styles of music from classical, blues, folk, jazz to pop and rock. The IMAs wants to contribute to the marketing possibilities and increase the fan bases for artists that normally are being ignored by the mainstream gatekeepers such as the major labels, mass media and the dominant retailer shops. The criteria for the awards are artistic merits, originality, melody and composition. The awards were founded in 1999 by the Music Resource Group (MRG), who is behind The Musician's Atlas and AtlasOnline. The IMAs receives suggestions and nominations from more than 70 countries in all the continents. http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima/2013/12th-annual-independent-music-awards-winners-announced http://shop.klicktrack.com/kkv/404394

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18/09/12

Mahsa Vahdat Tour Dates

Atlas Theater 12 Nov 2012 Washington DC (USA) -- with Mighty Sam McClain supporting their latest joint album A Deeper Tone of Longing   World Music Institute, Brooklyn 11 Nov 2012 New York (USA) -- with Mighty Sam McClain, supporting their joint album, A Deeper Tone of Longing   Skirball Cutural Center 08 Nov 2012 Los Angeles (USA) - with Mighty Sam McClain following the release of A Deeper Tone of Longing   Asia Society 28 Oct 2012 Houston (USA) -- with Mighty Sam McClain supporting their latest joint album A Deeper Tone of Longing

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